The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-01-12

Gated near Corinth line, was burned, to-
gether with nearly all of its contents The !
| fire is supposed to have been caused by a !
defective ffue. -= Strong hands and will !
| ing hearts have drawn up and stored "A |
years supply of wood for the church and
parsonage. -- Meetings are being held at
! the Corner this week. commencing on Mon
day evening. - Last Saturday morning
the mercury ran as low as 30o below zero.
East Corinth.
| SATURDAY the Thermometer was 30 below
zero. == At the annual meeting of the
! Congregational church last Sunday the fol-
| lowing officers were elected Moderator John
Hodge clerk, John Burgess; superntend-
ent, John Hodge; assistant superintendent,
! X. f. George; librarian, II. +, Georges assist
! ant librarian, Jennie b. George; to slperin-
! tend the singing in the Sabbath-school, j.
b. Kemp. - Rev. and Mrs. II. p. James
went to New York city Monday, where they
are to visit relatives. - Messrs Martin
and Bunker of Peacham attended the
funeral of Mrs. b. f. Way, whose remains
were brought home from Dell Rapids, Da-
kota, for nterment - Moses Currier,
who has been in Dakota came home last
week.
East Randolph.
Mrs. AUSTIN EMERY, who was taken sick
few weeks ago while visiting her uncle
at Sharon, has been brought home She is
still quite ill. Roll" Spiller has
taken unto himself better-half &C. Eli
Camp is getting out lumber for a new mill
dam Seth Heath IL also getting ready to
build a new house. 80 Horace Stanley is
| in poor health.
North Randolph.
w. n. SMITH received telegram last
week from Minneapolis, Mimi, informing
him that his son, Rev. A. A. Smith, was
dead. The announcement was startling, as
nointelligence had previously been received
/ M ypn nnar
losing the sight of an eye last week while
choppng in the woods. - A. j. Smith
lost valuable horse last week. 1t died of
lung fever: - Singing-schools On. S.
Clark, teacher) at Enterprise Hall Saturday
evenings. u. NJ. Clark's little girl is
quite sick with heart trouble. =- There
is to be an old and young folks oyster
supper and dance at Enterprise Hall next
Friday evening. T. S. Merrill is on
the sick list.
Tunbridge.
The annual meeting of the Worlds Fair
| Society was held at the town hall last Tues
day. The officers for the ensuing year are
| David w. Cowdery of South Royalton,
president; j. p Fish of Washington and n.
II. Austin of Tunbridge, vice-presidents; f..
o. Lyman of Tunbrdge, secretary; II. Il.
Hayward of Tunbridge, treasurer; NJ. X.
Griffith of Tunbridge, general superintend-
ent: ID. G. Jones of South Royalton, mar
shall; James NJ. Whitney, f.. o. Lyman
and w. w, Swan of Tunbridge, executive
committee; Silas b. Jones of Tunbrdge, o.
Bixby of Chelsea, Il. w. Farwell of Brook
field, NJ. f. Preston of Stafford, A. Il. Pres
ton of Sharon, John p Fish of Washington
II. 7. Clifford of Royalton, f. II. Marks of
Bethel, G.. o. Smith of Willamstown and
T.. S. Hall of Randolph, directors -
Wood-sawyers are very plenty just now
- Bessie Starr is visiting in Washing
ton. - Considerable lumber is being
sawn this winter. - Mr.. George Good
win is very sick with consumption -
Fred Hayward has returned to Norwich
University. 60 The Vermont Mutual was
largely represented here last week -
Moonshine liquor is circulating freely. 1t
is believed that we have but one rum-hole,
and that is a very low one. - The
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
prayer-meeting is to be held at Mrs j. NJ.
Kibbey's. - The Good Templars' Lodge
at the North Village is flourshing. The
election of officers will be held the 2Sth.
80 There was public installation of the
officers of Post No. u, G.. A. r.. and its Re-
lief Corps, at Grand Army Hall last Satur-
day evening - Meetings are to be held
at the Congregational church every evening
this week. = Those interested in the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
library and those who would like to learn
something of Chatauquan circles are invited
to meet at Mrs. +. l.. Fish's next Saturday
evening - The ladies of the Universal
list society are to hold their annual festival
at the Tunbridge House on Wednesday
evening, January 10, to which all are cor
daily invited.
Washington.
THE vocal music class DANES Walbridge,
INSTRUCTOR gave a concert at the Univer-
salist church Thursday evening. The class
showed that it had made some progress and
was credit to itself and its instructor.
Mr.. Walbridge's class from Williamstown
was present and contributed much to the
success of the entertainment - The So
ciable at SINNERS hall was well attended.
The proceeds were given to the Mite Soci-
ETY.. - Warren Pepper narrowly es-
capped serious injury III being thrown from
sleigh last Friday. Miss Kate Bowles
spent Sunday at her home in this place.
She received her friends Saturday evening.
- Misses Annie Draper and Birdie
Soule from Goddard Seminary were in
town Saturday.
WiIliamstown.
AT last we have something tangible coll
corning the extension of the railroad from
Barre to this point. On Tuesday of last
week Messrs. John Lynde and Milton Mar
tin, who are directors of the road, were
called to st. Adams to consult with Cover
nor Smith concerning this matter They
returned with the message that if our town
would raise $4,000 for it the road would
probably be built within the year A we'll
attended preliminary meeting was held at
the town hall on Saturday evening for the
purpose of talking over the subject. A
town neetlng VIII likely be called soon TO
see if the town will give bonds to the re-
quired amount. 1t is, perhaps, impossible
to say at this writing just what the result of
a vote would be. That the road would be
of great value to the place financially there
seems no room to doubt. - We were
talking with member of a well-known
granite firm in Barre the other day on the
subject of the working of granite here in
our village, provided we get an extension
of the railroad to this place. He thinks in
that case such work would be done here.
Another granite man, with years of eXpe-
rience, is reported to us as saying that he
will develop a quarry here in town if we
get the road, while another firm, now work
ing Williamstown quarry, is reported as
saying that they will build their stone-sheds
here if the road is built. And if one or two
firms would come, why not more -
We We're in conversation the other day with
one who, not long since, served as a jury
man in his county court. "a man learns
something" he said, "by such an eXpe-
/ riancp And one THING he lparnS il that If